Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-08-31

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 WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 3i, 1887 LOCAL 410TES.
 FROM THuRsDAy's DAILY.
 sc. Narcou is said to be very Ill.
 Six passengers arrived on to-dsy's
 train.
 Frank Cockburn came in on to-lzy's
 train.
 John Ross has returned so Walnut
 Grove.
 Professor W. P. Blake left for the east
 yesterday
 E.w. Wells is rusticasing in Santa
 Barbara, California
 A car load of -four arrived to-day for W. c. Bashford < Co.
 T. S. Bullock and c. J. MscConnell left for the east this afternoon
 John Rsible thinks of stsrting his brewery about the first of September.
 II. J. Silvia, . Colorado capitalist, is in Prescott, looking over our resources.
 J s. Jones, the mining man, has
 pone out to take look at the Cataract miaes.
 Bar silver is quoted at 96c. per ounce in New York; lead, $gs7f per 100 pounds-
 Oscar Vanderbilt went east to-day. It is an open secret that he will bring Nrs. V. along on his return.
 W. 2. Wilson < Co. expect to have their saw mill in operation at their new location the early part of next week.
 W. G. Oliver is rusticating at Pots dam, New York. He writes that he is feeling better than when he left Pres cott
 John Mitchell, travelling salesman for Neyerfeld & Mitchell, wholesale liquor merchants of San Francisco, Is doing the town.
 Chas. Mccarthy, of the Prescott X Arizona Central railway, expects to have the HassayAmpa on the track again next Monday. Martin MAier has bought l''ts Fl and g, near the reservation line, from J. N. Sanford. The property Is situated tn the vicinity of the water works, and the price paid $SO.
 Samuel Smith, respected citizen oi stoddard, was in town to-day and re- newed his subscription to the JOURNAL MINER. Mr. Smith says that the heavy rains have badly damaged gardens in his vicinity this year.
 Among the entries on the recorders book, to-day, was "CertiicAte given to c. H. MscC Connell, chief engineer U- S. N, that there are but two mortgages against the Prescott < Arizona Central Railway" for which . fee of % cents sas collected for the county.
 Jeff Davis, who came in from Walnut Grove yesterday, reports that all the streams running into the big dam had been full of water for two or three days. and the water in the dam had risen six or seven feet. Owing to the large sur face covered nov it rises slowly. but MT \ Davis says that . greater amount of water came down during the first three days of this week than was in the dam previously. Work is progressing rapid ly on the dam, and if Is expe ted toy the contractors to complete it next week
 Subscribers to the capitsl stock oi the Prescott Bank held meeting, this afternoon at l o'clock, in the rocms Of the bank, and effected preliminary organization. by the election oi the fol- lowing board of directors: J l.. Fisher, Morris Goldwater and F. G. brecht, to serve until meeting of the stockholders Is called, at which the board oi direct or- will be increased from three to seven. and the capital stock will be In- creased from $JO,OO0 to $l0o,o00- The former stockholders of the bank reserve the right to take all securitis and to nay depositars. 90 that all the money paid in by the new subscribers, except e 500 in payment of the stock, tune vault, fixtures, etc of the bank, will be leaned on application. with securities appr owed by the board of directors.
 The party of railroad men, briefly an nounced as arriving here yesterday. re- turned on last evenings train to Pres cott Junction, in their private car The party consisted of Vim. F. White, trsf- fic manager of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and his private secretary, w Wilson; W. B. Riddle, general freight agent of the Atlantic < Pacific; Gene ral J. A. Williamson, general solicitor and land agent of the Atlantic X Pa- cific; Major w. H. Pond and G. Pond, Esq. Before their departure they paid their respects to the JOURNAL MINER office. with T. $. Blu lock. gen' ral manager of the Prescott < Arizona Csn- tral railroad, and F.M. Murphy, Esq. The party all expressed themselves agreeably surprised with Prescott and vicinity, the town and country sur rounding greatly exceeding their ex- pectations.
 FROM FRIpAY's DAILY.